Trading 201: Nullsec Station Trading Logistics

This article discusses a trading strategy that involves more capital than pure Highsec trading, but if you have the means it can result in higher gains. If you haven’t read them, review Trading 101 and 102; these are a quick refresher course on my trading strategies.

Logistical Overview

The goal is to move goods from Jita to a Highsec station that is within short jump range of your Nullsec trading location and to then jump them into your Nullsec trading system. Since Jump Freighters cannot jump into Highsec, you need to return to a Lowsec system next to a Highsec system.

You will never want to jump into a lowsec system while cynoing from a safe-spot. Jump Freighters take some 10-20 seconds to align and get into warp and since you cyno beacon appears on the overview, anyone in lowsec can warp to you and scramble you.

Do your market research.

Never haul more than 2B worth of cargo out of Jita. You will be a target for ganking.

Get a Jita insta-undock bookmark. This will help you avoid the freighter bumps outside of Jita 4-4 while attempting to warp to a gate.

If the Jump Freighter character’s corporation gets wardec’d, use your lowsec cyno alt to scout into highsec before entering highsec.

What in the heck do I sell? Think of what people do in nullsec: PVP, ratting, mining. Do you market research. Get your trading alt into nullsec and start going through the market.

Buy a few items of differing market groups and see how fast each one sells.

Cyno Jumping Tips

Review this article by S.W. on the proper creation of a cyno under the “Where the heck is that cyno – at the station” heading; you want to light the cyno next to the nullsec station within 5,000 m of the structure while still being within docking range.

The below example shows that you will want to light your cyno greater than 5,000 m away from the station physically (use the tactical overlay), but still within the station docking range.

After you jump to your cyno, do not issue any navigational directions to the Jump Freighter. The session timer post jump will make your Jump Freighter untargetable and therefore invulnerable for 20 seconds. Once the timer is up, dock up. This will refresh your ship’s capacitor back to 100%.

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One Comment on “Trading 201: Nullsec Station Trading Logistics”

I traded along the same principle for more then half a year now and so far it has worked out Great.
I wrote a small tool for myself which checks when the market needs restocking so its even less work now.
Personally i think the main advantage over highsec trading is that you have less concurrents, so you don’t have to check your orders as often while still being able to have a nice markup.

Pitfalls which should be avoided are:

Know your costs!
Killed cynoships, Jumpfuel, LO for cynos, Market fees all contribute to your costs. Don’t forget that when moving larger goods (Especially important if you are selling Ships)

Always keep in mind absolute as well as relative profit.
Selling t1 mods for 200k is a huge markup, but its still pennys in the end.
Selling Machariels for 30M Markup may look nicer but thats not much more then what pay in Market fees.

Is the item worth a sell order/Contract?
Selling this rare item once a Month for a huge profit can be great, but so can be selling 500 T2 Cap rechargers. If you have a limited amount of sell orders look at the market and try to gauge how much of something you can sell.

Be prepared for the worst Case;
Have at least a Jumpclone in the station where you sell your stuff, so in case you lose access you can still sell your remaining stock without too much hassle. Having a plan ready on what to do if shit hits the fan can make things a lot easier if it happens.